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nunnery Definition

nun·nery (nunər ē)

noun pl. -·ner·ies

convent

Etymology: ME nonnerie: see nun & -ery

nunnery Synonyms

nunnery

n.

convent, priory, abbey; see cloister 1, retreat 2. See syn. study at cloister.

nunnery Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • found: Once Queen of Kent, she founded a nunnery at Minster in 670 AD.
  • enter: Suitable women could enter the nunnery at any time during their lives.
  • ruin: These look very much like a ruined nunnery would look - ruined.
  • establish: Thus the pious Bega was the first to establish a nunnery in Northumbria.
  • build: She was shipwrecked here in the seventh century and was granted land to build a nunnery by the Lord of Egremont.
  • say: And therefore, before her profession came out of the said nunnery into the country.

Preposition: in

century: Site of nunnery in the tenth century, probably destroyed in 1006.

Adjective modifier

  • Benedictine: This was the church of a great Benedictine nunnery founded in Anglo-Saxon times on the river Test.
  • cistercian: In England, most Cistercian nunneries probably accommodated about fourteen nuns and several male helpers.
  • medieval: Remains of the town's medieval nunnery, however, were found to still exist.
  • former: Mullan and producer Frances Higson were anxious to use a former nunnery in Dumfries as a location.
  • old: Also in the vicinity is the oldest nunnery, the Stift of Wunstorf, established in 871 AD.
  • small: The name is derived from an Irish saint, Bega, an abbess, who founded a small nunnery here about the year 650.

Modifies a noun

scene: Ophelia's burial is observed by Hamlet, in a stark parallel with the nunnery scene.

Noun used with modifier

century: The nearby remains of the 13th century nunnery are the idyllic location to experience the tranquility of this sacred isle.